title: Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the South-East Asia Region: a systematic review.
abstract: All the 11 members of the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) of the World Health Organization are categorised as low- and middle-income countries. This region has over a quarter of the world's total population but comprises about one-third of the world's unintentional injury-related deaths. There is a paucity of good-quality mortality and morbidity data from most of these countries. This is the first systematic review of community-based surveys on child injuries that summarises evidence from child injury studies from the SEAR countries. The included papers reported varying estimates of overall non-fatal unintentional injury rates across the countries, from 15/1000 children in Thailand to as high as 342/1000 children in India. The fatal injury rates were also found to be varying. This review revealed a need for strengthening child injury research using standard methodologies across the region and for promoting the dissemination of the results.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Health and Life Sciences , University of the West of England , Bristol , United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Puspa Raj
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Pant
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Towner
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pilkington
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001210:Asia, Southeastern / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012307:Risk Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality
keywords: South-East Asia; child injury; systematic review; unintentional injuries